Cricket Life 1896

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FORD/TEMP16

Date:

1896-01-01 - 1896-12-31

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item

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1 scrapbook

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Alfred L Ford Scrapbooks (FORD)

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Scrapbook containing engraved head portraits of cricketers, sketches of cricketers from Moonshine’s Cricketers in the Field’ series, montage of sketches of W.G. Grace, comic sketches, admission cards to benefit matches.

Page 1: Cricket Life: 1896: Two cartoons of Indian batsman and fielder. Tw cartoons of women batsman and bowler. Caricature of a batsman by Rip. Cartoon of a batsman sweating into a handkerchief with ‘Warwick 4 for 532’ Sun Comic, 1901.

Page 2: Left: Engraved head portrait of Richard Daft, reproduced signature underneath, 1881. Right: Engraved head portrait of Ivo Bligh, reproduced signature underneath, 1882. Both from Sporting Mirror.

Page 3: Left: Engraved head portrait of W.G. Grace, reproduced signature underneath with wicket, bat and ball. Right: Engraved head portrait of G.F. Grace, reproduced signature underneath. Both from Sporting Mirror 1881.

Page 5: Right: Engraved head portrait of Lord Harris, reproduced signature underneath, tent in background, bat, ball and stumps at base. Both from Sporting Mirror, 1882.

Page 6: Top: Engraving of W.G. Grace walking back from the pitch at Sheffield Park, Westminster Budget, 12 May 1893. Bottom: Engraved head portrait of an elderly John Wisden, reproduced signature underneath, lithograph by H.G. Banks, Sporting Mirror, 1883.

Page 7: Left: Side head portrait of a young Lord Hawke, reproduced signature underneath, ornate border. Right: Engraved head portrait of Arthur Shrewsbury wearing a shirt, tie and cap. Both from Sporting Mirror, 1883.

Page 8: Left: Engraved head portrait of C.T. Studd, ornate border with bat, stumps, ball and pads at bottom, 1883. Right: Engraved portrait of Manley Kemp sitting down with head resting on hand, reproduced signature underneath and ornate border, 1884. Both from Sporting Mirror.

Page 9: Top: Engraved head portrait of John Richardson, ornate border with scenes of horse riding in top-left and top-right corner, lithograph by H.G. Banks, Sporting Mirror, 1882. Bottom: Engraving of H.H. Stephenson and William Caffyn, Stephenson rests his hand on Caffyn’s shoulder who is an All-England shirt and holds a bat and cap in his hand, standing in a field with trees in background, London Society, June 1863.

Page 10: Large engraved chest-height portrait of Prince Ranjitsinhji wearing a suit, Sydney Mail, 5 March 1898.

Page 11: Left: Engraved head portrait of Richard Pilling, lithographer TZ Chromo of Manchester, 20 September 1882. Right: Engraved head portrait of Edmund Peate, 27 September 1882. Both from Bat and Ball.

Page 12: Left: Engraved full-length portraits of George Parr and Richard Daft wearing cricket whites, Parr has his hand on Daft’s shoulder and Daft has a bat under his left arm, Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic News, 11 April 1874. Right: Engraved full-length portraits of Thomas Hayward and Robert Carpenter in All-England clothing, both also wear ties, bowler hats and holding bats, 1862.

Page 13: ‘Days with Celebrities No.7 (W.G. Grace) Moonshine, 6 August 1891. Montage of comic sketches of a day in the life of W.G. Grace including playing cricket and doctoring.

Page 14: ‘Cricketers in the Field, Mr. W. Newham’ Moonshine, 12 September 1891. Montage of sketches of William Newham batting and fielding, by Thomas Downey.

Page 15: ‘Cricketers in the Field, W.G. Grace’ Moonshine, 6 June 1891. Montage of sketches of W.G. Grace batting and fielding, by Thomas Downey.

Page 16: ‘Cricketers in the Field, Gunn’ Moonshine, 20 June 1891. Montage of sketches of William Gunn fielding and one with bat in hand, by Thomas Downey.

Page 17: ‘Cricketers in the Field, Lohmann’ Moonshine, 11 July 1819. Montage of sketches of George Lohmann batting and fielding, by Thomas Downey.

Page 18: ‘Cricketers in the Field, Mr. G. Macgregor (Cambridge)’ Moonshine, 25 July 1891. Montage of sketches of Gregor Macgregor wicket-keeping, by Thomas Downey.

Page 19: ‘Cricketers in the Field, Abel’ Moonshine, 8 August 1891. Montage of sketches of Bobby Abel batting and fielding, by Thomas Downey.

Page 20: ‘Cricketers in the Field, W.W. Read’ Moonshine, 22 August 1891. Montage of sketches of Walter Read batting and fielding, by Thomas Downey.

Page 21: ‘Cricketers in the Field, Mr. S.M.J. Woods’ Moonshine, 29 August 1891. Montage of sketches of Sammy Jones batting, bowling and fielding, by Thomas Downey.

Page 22: ‘Cricketers in the Field, Mr. T.C. O’Brien’ Moonshine, 5 September 1891. Montage of sketches of Timothy O’Brien batting, by Thomas Downey.

Page 23: ‘Cricketers in the Field, Bean’ Moonshine, 28 May 1892. Montage of sketches of George Bean batting and fielding, by Thomas Downey.

Page 24: ‘Cricketers in the Field, Shrewsbury’ Moonshine, 11 June 1892. Montage of sketches of Arthur Shrewsbury batting and fielding, by Thomas Downey.

Page 25: ‘Cricketers in the Field, Chatterton’ Moonshine, 18 June 1892. Montage of sketches of William Chatterton batting and fielding, by Thomas Downey.

Page 26: ‘Cricketers in the Field, Mr. A.E. Stoddart’ Moonshine, 2 July 1892. Montage of sketches of Andrew Stoddart batting and fielding, by Thomas Downey.

Page 27: ‘Cricketers in the Field, J.T. Hearne’ Moonshine, 16 July 1892. Montage of sketches of John Hearne batting, bowling and fielding, by Thomas Downey.

Page 28: ‘Cricketers in the Field, Mr. S.W. Scott’ Moonshine, 30 July 1892. Montage of sketches of Stanley Scott batting and fielding, by Thomas Downey.

Page 29: ‘Cricketers in the Field, Barnes’ Moonshine, 6 August 1892. Montage of sketches of William Barnes batting, bowling and fielding, by Thomas Downey.

Page 30: ‘Cricketers in the Field, Sherwin’ Moonshine, 20 August 1892. Montage of sketches of Mordecai Sherwin batting and wicket-keeping, by Thomas Downey.

Page 31: ‘Cricketers in the Field, Maurice Read’ Moonshine, 3 September 1892. Montage of sketches of Maurice Read batting and fielding, by Thomas Downey.

Page 32: ‘Cricketers in the Field, Lockwood’ Moonshine, 10 September 1892. Montage of sketches of William Lockwood batting, bowling and fielding, by Thomas Downey.

Page 33: ‘Cricketers in the Field, Mr. A.J. Webbe’ Moonshine, 24 September 1892. Montage of sketches of Alexander Webbe batting and fielding, by Thomas Downey.

Page 34: ‘Cricketers in the Field, Briggs’ Moonshine, 8 October 1892. Montage of sketches of Johnny Briggs batting and bowling, by Thomas Downey.

Page 35: ‘Cricketers in the Field, Attewell’ Moonshine, 17 June 1893. Montage of sketches of William Attewell batting, bowling and fielding, by Thomas Downey.

Page 36: ‘Cricketers in the Field, C.J.M. Fox’ Moonshine, 8 July 1893. Montage of sketches of Charles Fox batting and fielding, by Thomas Downey.

Page 37: ‘Cricketers in the Field, Mr. John Shuter’ Moonshine, 22 July 1893. Montage of sketches of John Shuter batting and fielding, by Thomas Downey.

Page 38: ‘Cricketers in the Field, Mr. G. Brann’ Moonshine, 5 August 1893. Montage of sketches of George Brann batting and fielding, by Thomas Downey.

Page 39: ‘Cricketers in the Field, Mr. K.J. Key’ Moonshine, 14 July 1894. Montage of sketches of K.J. Key batting and fielding, by Thomas Downey.

Page 40: ‘Cricketers in the Field, Brockwell’ Moonshine, 28 July 1894. Montage of sketches of Bill Brockwell batting, bowling and fielding, by Thomas Downey.

Page 41: ‘Cricketers in the Field, Mr. H.T. Hewitt’ Moonshine, 18 August 1894. Montage of sketches of Herbie Hewett batting, by Thomas Downey.

Page 42: ‘Cricketers in the Field, Mr. K.S. Ranjitsinhji’ Moonshine, 29 June 1895. Montage of sketches of Ranjitsinhji batting, fielding and wicket-keeping and as lawyer, by Thomas Downey.

Page 43: ‘Cricketers in the Field, J.T. Brown’ Moonshine, 27 June 1895. Montage of sketches of John Brown batting, fielding and being serenaded by fans, by Thomas Downey.

Page 44: ‘Studies in Expressions, Dr. W.G. Grace’ Moonshine, 28 September 1895. Montage of sketches of expressions of W.G. Grace during a cricket match and reading newspapers, by Thomas Downey.

Page 45: Top: Cartoon of a character called Mr. Brownjones who joins a cricket club as a secretary, Moonshine, 4 June 1887. Bottom: ‘A Deadly Bowler’ Comic sketch of a fast bowler bowling menacingly at a batsman.

Page 46: Left: ‘Back numbers, Mr. K.J. Key (Surrey Captain)’ Moonshine, 1 August 1896. Sketch from behind of Kingsmill Key. Centre: ‘Back Numbers, Gregory and Eady’ Moonshine, 9 May 1896. Sketch from behind of Syd Gregory and Charles Eady, juxtaposed as small and tall. Right: ‘Back Numbers, Prince Ranjitsinhji’ Moonshine, 17 October 1896. Sketch from behind of Ranjitsinhji in a suit, tucking hand into back pocket. All by Thomas Downey.

Page 47: Top-left: Sketch of Bobby Abel playing a shot in front of a wicket, Penny Illustrated Paper, 23 May 1896. Bottom-left: Caricature of Bobby Abel as the moon ‘”A hit, a very palpable hit.” Hamlet, v.5’ Moonshine 30 May 1896. Top-centre: Sketch of Tom Hayward taking guard, Penny Illustrated Paper, 16 May 1896. Bottom-centre: Caricature of Harry Trott as the moon ‘”Safe.” Julius Caesar, v.4.’ Moonshine, 29 August 1896. Top-right: Sketch of William Gunn taking guard, Penny Illustrated Paper, 16 May 1896. Bottom-right: Caricature of Tom Richardson as the moon ‘”There’s no such sport as sport by sport o’erthrown.” Love Labour’s Lost, v.2.’ Moonshine, 20 June 1894.

Page 48: ‘A Century of Grace’ New Budget, 12 September 1895. Montage of sketches of W.G. Grace in batting, fielding and bowling poses.

Page 49: ‘A Century of Grace’ New Budget, 12 September 1895. Montage of sketches of W.G. Grace in batting poses.

Page 50: ‘A Century of Grace’ New Budget, 12 September 1895. Montage of sketches of W.G. Grace in batting poses.

Page 51: ‘A Century of Grace’ New Budget, 12 September 1895. Montage of sketches of W.G. Grace in batting, fielding and bowling poses.

Page 52: Page of sketches of W.G. Grace. Top-left: Grace stands side-on holding bat in front of him. Middle-left: Back view of Grace fielding. Bottom-left: Grace taps the pitch with his bat, Penny Illustrated paper, 6 June 1896. Top-centre: Caricature of Grace with an overly large beard, South London Press, 1896. Middle-centre: grave is fielding ‘A strong “point” in our favour’ Judy, 12 August 1896. Bottom-centre: Grace reads a newspaper ‘At home after a hundred centuries’ Pall Mall Gazette, 14 June 1895. Top-right: Grace is wearing a MCC blazer. Middle-right: Grace reads a newspaper at the crease. Bottom-right: Grace leapfrogs over somebody, Larks, 4 May 1896.

Page 53: Left: Caricature of W.G. Grace ‘The light and airy W.G.’ Centre: Sketch of a batsman with a castle for a head. Right: Caricature of the bellman of Canterbury. All three from Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic news, 17 August 1878.

Page 54: Left: Engraving of Roger Kynaston holding his hands out to catch a ball, Illustrated London News, 1844. Top-centre: Engraving of Henry Perkins, World, 20 November 1889. Bottom-centre: Engraving of J.A. Murdoch, MCC Assistant Secretary, World, 20 November 1889. Right: Engraving of Charles Taylor taking guard, Illustrated London News, 1844.

Page 55: Left: Engraving of Roger Kynaston holding his hands out to catch a ball, Sportsman Magazine, 1845. Top-centre: Engraving of Sir St. Vincent Cotton on top of a horse drawn carriage, Sportsman Magazine, 1854. Bottom-centre: ‘A Village Team’ Engraving of a village cricket match. Right: Engraving of Charles Taylor taking guard, Sportsman Magazine, 1845.

Page 56: Top: ‘Government versus Opposition at Lord’s – as Imagined by our Artist’ Fun, 26 July 1893. Bottom: Caricature of Fred Spofforth, Entr’acte, 6 July 1888.

Page 57: ‘Done Up’ Engraving of a painting of a boy asleep on a chair with bat and ball on the floor.

Page 58: Top: Engraving of a young batsman, resting a bat on his shoulder. Bottom-centre: Description of a match where a bail was dislodged onto middle stump, with photographic evidence from A.E. Relf, Cricket Field, 21 July 1894. Bottom-left and bottom-right: Two sketches of a wicket and a bat.

Page 59: Top-centre: Reproduced photograph of a batsman in a pith helmet losing his balance and being bowled. Bottom: Engraving of a sketch of W.G. Grace seated and holding a newspaper, initially by Walker Thompson, New Budget, 23 May 1895.

Page 60: ‘The Tempter’ Reproduction of a bowler having just released the ball.

Page 61: ‘The Tempted’ Reproduction of a batsman looking intently at a ball holding bat up in the air.

Page 62: Top: ‘A Hit a Very Palatable Hit’ Arbroath Cricket Club Bazaar Album, 1889. Cartoon of children playing cricket and Ally Sloper getting hit in the face by the ball. Bottom: ‘Run Out’ Arbroath Cricket Club Bazaar Album, 1889. Cartoon of a batsman failing to make the crease.

Page 63: Top-left: Engraving of a bowler taking a caught and bowled. Bottom-left: Sketch of batsman holding bat horizontal to body. Centre: Montage of comic scenes during a cricket match, Arbroath Cricket Club Bazaar Album, 1889. Top-right: Engraving of a wicket-keeper taking a catch. Bottom-right: Sketch of a batsman playing a backward cut.

Page 64: Top: ‘The Worthy Abbot of Aberbrothock’ Arbroath Cricket Club Bazaar Album, 1889. Reproduction of a comic sketch of a monk taking guard at the crease. Bottom: ‘The Three Graces’ Arbroath Cricket Club Bazaar Album, 1889. Reproduction of a sketch of three children playing cricket.

Page 65: Cartoon of a cricket match between one-legged and one-armed players. White features on black background.

Page 66: Cartoon of a cricket match between one-legged and one-armed players. White features on black background.

Page 67: Top-left and top-right: Two photographs of a cricket match entitled ‘Lynton’ a large and steep hill in background. Middle-left: Reproduced photograph of 1882 Australian XI. Middle-right: Reproduced photograph of Richard Daft’s Australians, 1879. Bottom: Cartoon of a clown cricket match. White features on black background.

Page 68: Top-centre: Sketch of batsman at crease with bat behind head. Top-left and top-right cut-outs of a batsman taking a run and a bowler. Bottom: Cartoon of a single-wicket cricket match between a lion and a kangaroo with wide variety of animals for spectators, poem underneath, by Frederick Gale, 1876.

Page 69: Admission card for James Southerton’s Benefit, a match between North and South at the oval, 1879. On the inside are 2 images of cricket matches, one is a match at Lord’s the other at Broad Halfpenny Down with spectators consisting of people and animals across the world ‘All the world’s a stage and all the men and women are merely players.’ Inside consists of a portrait of J. Southerton, bats through the ages and a cricket match in 1743, by Cyril Hallward.

Page 70: Top-centre: Engraving of cricket match being played on the cricket ground at Harrow. Top-left and top-right: Small caricatures of W.G. Grace. Middle-left: Reproduced photograph of Tom Richardson bowling mid-action, 1897. Middle-centre: Engraving of head portrait of Lt. Col. Tarleton. Middle-right: Reproduced photograph of C.T.B. Turner mid-bowling action, 1897. Bottom: Admission card for Tom Humphrey’s Benefit between North and South at The Oval. On the inside are two sketches of cricket matches, one as in 1876 and the other as in 1976 with players in armour and firing the ball from a cannon, by Cyril Hallward. On the back is a biography of Thomas Humphrey.

Page 71: Top: Sketch of W.G. Grace taking guard at the crease ‘“Middle, please?”’ Penny Illustrated Paper, 18 May 1895. Middle: Specially designed crest for the Bristol Century Club as on the menu card at banquet for W.G. Grace. Bottom: Menu card for banquet celebrating W.G. Grace’s century of centuries at Clifton, 1895. Includes toast list, menu, poem in tribute to Grace, portrait of Grace and list of centuries.

Page 72: Top-left: Top-half view of a bowler mid-delivery. Top-middle: Engraving of a wicket-keeper stumping a batsman. Top-right: W.G. Graces takes a huge swing at a ball. Bottom: Cartoon of W.G. Grace poking A.N. Hornby with a bat.

Page 73: Top: ‘England v. Australia. Dr. W.G. Grace to Mr. W.L. Murdoch: “The old country is not quite out of it yet, you will find.”’ The Entr’acte, 2 August 1890. Cartoon of W.G. Grace and Billy Murdoch standing side by side. Bottom: Engraving of a cricket matching taking place in a fenced garden space, Illustrated London News, 19 September 1861.

Page 74: ‘The Men of the Week “The Gladiators”.’ Bat Ball and Wheel, 30 June 1898. Oxford and Cambridge Universities are represented as Roman gladiators in cricket gear, fighting with bats and crests on front of shields.

Page 75: Left: Engraving of A.E. Stoddart taking guard, Westminster Budget, 7 June 1895. Top-right: Engraving of Tom Richardson bowling mid-action, Sketch, 19 June 1895.

Page 76: ‘Expectation’ Engraving of an illustration of a batsman raising bat in anticipation of hitting the ball, wicket-keeper and fielders behind, by S.T. Dadd, Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic News, 18 August 1894.

Page 77: ‘”Well Played!” – A Sketch at a Ladies Cricket Match’ by E.F. Brewtnall, Graphic, 20 September 1890. Engraving of a woman batsman smiling towards artist, bat in hand, ball on floor, wicket-keeper behind and spectators in background.

Page 78: Engraving of a women’s cricket match, a fielder at boundary edge takes a high catch. Penny Illustrated Paper, 24 May 1890.

Page 79: Engraving of four children playing cricket in a garden as 3 adults watch on. Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, 12 July 1884.

Page 80: Top: ‘Warranted’ Vignette of bat, stumps and balls for Willow King bat. Bottom: Advertisement for Willow King bat including humanoid forms of bats and stumps.

Page 81: Cartoon of a cricketer and another figure looking over an angry football fan reading a newspaper in bed. ‘”How is he?” “He’s very low, very low, but he’s still alive. I must thank for this kindly expression of sympathy” “Sympathy be d----d. Look here, Gee, what’ll you take to finish him off quick?”’

Page 82: Top-left and top-right: Eight caricatures of cricketers including W.G. Grace and Ranjitsinhi. Middle-left and middle-right: Two ketches of a bowler mid-delivery and having just released the ball. Bottom-left and bottom-right: Two engravings of children’s cricket matches, Boys Treasury of Sports, 1847. Top-centre: Engraved sketch of W.G. Grace moving sawdust with his bat. 2nd top: ‘Cricket. A Sketch on Friday Nights. “Thank you,” – not reciprocated.’ Fun, 5 August 1873. Cartoon of a gentleman in a suit with cane getting hit on head by ball. 3rd top: ‘On the Village Green’ Punch, 15 September 1901. Cartoon of a portly batsman, ‘Amateur Bowler (to Umpire): “Here, I say! I can’t see the wicket. How can I bowl him?” Umpire: “Fire away! If you ‘it ‘im in front its ‘Leg Before.’ If you ‘it ‘im behind, it’s a ‘Wide’!”’ Bottom: An explosion which produces ‘The End.’

Associations

Roland Pretty Hill
William Gilbert Grace
George Frederick Grace
Richard Daft
Ivo Bligh
George Robert Canning Harris
John Wisden
Martin Bladen Hawke
Arthur Shrewsbury
Charles Thomas Studd
Manley Colchester Kemp
John Maunsell Richardson
Heathfield Harman Stephenson
William Caffyn
Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji
Richard Pilling
Edmund Peate
Thomas Hayward
Robert Pearson Carpenter
Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News
Moonshine
Thomas Downey
William Newham
William Gunn
George Alfred Lohmann
Gregor MacGregor
Robert Abel
Walter William Read
Samuel Moses James Woods
Sir Timothy Carew O'Brien
George Bean
William Chatterton
Andrew Ernest Stoddart
John Thomas Hearne
Stanley Winckworth Scott
William Barnes
Mordecai Sherwin
John Maurice Read
William Henry Lockwood
Alexander Josiah Webbe
John Briggs
William Attewell
Charles John Macdonald Fox
John Shuter
George Brann
Kingsmill James Key
William Brockwell
Herbert Tremenheere Hewett
John Thomas Brown
Sydney Edward Gregory
Charles John Eady
Henry Perkins
J A Murdoch
Charles George Taylor
Illustrated London News
St. Vincent Cotton
Albert Edward Relf
Ally Sloper
Arbroath Cricket Club

Subject

women's cricket, Cartoons, caricatures and cartoons, benefits, 19th century cricket, 19th century cricketers

Size

1 scrapbook

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